borisjohnson, largely absent up behind him, with the manager, iea boris johnson, largely absent from the table. clearly not very happy and there is no love lost between the former leader, former prime minister and the outgoing first minister. there was also another tricky exchange when mark drakeford discussed simon hart, the welsh secretary for the uk government throughout the pandemic. he was giving evidence on friday when she said she felt as though the welsh government was making decisions during the pandemicjust for the during the pandemic just for the sake during the pandemicjust for the sake of it, to be different to the uk government. mark drakeford completely refuted that and noted simon hart did not give any evidence to back up that theory. also mark drakeford said that simon hart got to the stage where he did not have much to do with the start of the pandemic, otherthan much to do with the start of the pandemic, other than essentially borrowing bothering mark dr
good morning. it is going to be fairly cloudy and wet today across the central swathes of the uk. to the central swathes of the uk. to the south of that mostly dry and mild. in the north, blustery showers with gales in north west scotland. details later. good morning. it s wednesday, 13th march. rishi sunak is facing calls to hand back millions of pounds donated to the conservative party by a businessman accused of making racist comments about the mp, diane abbott. tech boss frank hester is reported to have said ms abbott made him want to hate all black women, and that she should be shot. the prime minister called the comments racist and wrong. our political correspondent hannah miller has more. hello, rishi. how are you? very nice to see you. when rishi sunak made this visit to a mill near leeds in november, his helicopter ride had been provided by one of his party s biggest donors, frank hester, who last year donated £10 million to the conservative party, now alleged to ha
but hopes to be fit for next week s game against finland in cardiff. good afternoon. the prime minister has told the commons that alleged comments made by tory party donor frank hester were wrong and racist. mr hester is reported to have said the mp diane abbott made him want to hate all black women, and should be shot. at prime minister s questions in the last hour, the labour leader sir keir starmer asked rishi sunak if he was proud to be bankrolled by a someone using racist and mysoginist language. here s our political correspondent damian grammaticus. will correspondent damian grammaticus. you give the minister? will you give the money back, prime minister? iii} will you give the money back, prime minister? :: ., , ., minister? £10 million, is a huge amount of minister? £10 million, is a huge amount of money minister? £10 million, is a huge amount of money and minister? £10 million, is a huge amount of money and a - minister? £10 million, is a hugei amount of
than 170 million users in the us. the measure is the latest in a series of moves in washington to respond to us national security concerns about china, from connected vehicles to advanced artificial intelligence chips to cranes at us ports. let s get the latest on this our north america business correspondent erin delmore has been folllwing the vote from new york. just how significant is this? because it is the first stage, isn t it? , ., ., , it? there is more to come. exactly, ben. it it? there is more to come. exactly, ben- it sets it? there is more to come. exactly, ben. it sets the it? there is more to come. exactly, ben. it sets the table it? there is more to come. exactly, ben. it sets the table for it? there is more to come. exactly, ben. it sets the table for what - ben. it sets the table for what could be further action and to be very specific, the action says that the company, the chinese company that owns tiktok would have to either divest, that mean cell,
from the last few minutes. the government has said it will bring forward a change in the law to prevent the ownership of uk newspapers and magazines by foreign states. the move follows concern about the potential takeover of the daily telegraph and spectator by a group backed by the united arab emirates. minister say they will try to amend the digital markets, competition and consumers bill currently going through parliament. labour has indicated it is likely to back the move. so, that developmentjust coming into the last little while. more on that in the six o clock news here in the next little while. now, though, as promised, let s round up all the sport of the day. gavin is in the bbc sport centre. yes, mathew, good evening to you. let s start at cheltenham, where trainer willie mullins is still waiting for his 100th winner, which could come in the weatherby s champion bumper, the final race of the day. it is now under way. el fabiolo was the favourite for the champions ch